In 2002, decorated FBI Special Agent Mike German was investigating meetings between terrorism suspects. When he discovered other officers had jeopardized the investigation by violating wiretapping regulations, he reported what he found to his supervisors, in accordance with FBI policy. Instead, German says his accusations were ignored, his reputation ruined and his career obliterated.

Democrat Amy Klobuchar sailed to an easy victory in the U.S. Senate race Tuesday, capitalizing on voter anger over the Iraq war to become Minnesota's first elected female senator. Gov. Tim Pawlenty survived a scare and claimed a second term as Minnesota governor by beating Attorney General Mike Hatch.

U.S. Rep. John Kline said that a "double-agent" from the campaign of Democratic challenger Coleen Rowley tried to make an illegal campaign contribution and infiltrate his re-election campaign. Rowley's campaign denied the allegations."Our campaign has never sent anyone in there to do anything like that," said Rowley campaign manager Terry Rogers.

Coleen Rowley is a national figure as a result of her memo about problems at the FBI before 9/11, such as superiors' refusals to authorize a search of would-be hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui's computer. But in her run for Congress, the retired FBI lawyer portrays herself as a suburban everywoman stretched for money and a decent wardrobe.

The grieving mother who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch nearly two weeks ago and had said she would not leave until Bush spoke to her, departed Thursday because her mother had a stroke.